Dictionary

fussbudget en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/
• (US) audio

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
   • The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers? 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:
   • Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.

Forms

Deriveds

fussbudgetry · fussbudgety

Synonyms

fusspot · fussbutton

Translations (24)

es mañoso (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · cy ffwdanwraig (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · pl grymaśnik (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · es pejiguero (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · ota یایغرهجی (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · fr anxieuse (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · de Meckerfritze (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · da hidsigprop (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · fr tatillonne (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · de Nörgler (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · de Querulant (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · fr anxieux (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · cy ffwdanwr (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · es maniático (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · fr tatillon (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · bg мрънкало (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · fr difficile (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · pl maruda (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · es quisquilloso (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · de Meckerliese (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · pdt Fiestkjniepa (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · de Meckerer (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · es criticón (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters) · es tiquismiquis (One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters)